ABSTRACT
Human capital is a key component of the economic development of a country. For this reason, the Human Development Index is used by the United Nations to measure the economic and social development of countries. In general, African countries are countries with low human capital. The aim of this research is to determine the level of human development of Sub-Saharan African countries and to reveal what is needed to be done in order to enable the human development indices in these countries to be able to reach from low levels to high in the long term through the new organizational principles of the theory of complexity. The focus of the research is the third world countries. The working group constitutes some selected Sub-Saharan African countries. These countries are Niger, Central African Republic, Chad, Burundi, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Mali, Liberia, Ethiopia. In this research, the Human Development Index was selected as an indicator. In the research, the following results were obtained: (1) Sub-Saharan African countries’ Human Development Index values show imbalance characteristics over the years. Moreover, the values of human development of countries are chaotic by offering a fluctuating development. Sub-Saharan African countries have very low survival rates at birth, average schooling years and income per capita. (2) In Sub-Saharan Africa, Human Development Index values have increased in recent years, but they are still quite low. (3) In Sub-Saharan Africa, there are gender inequalities in terms of school enrollment, women’s participation in parliament, and women’s participation in the workforce.
